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SalaryFriday 09 February 2024
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£61,641 - £68,490
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Job Description Summary
This is a 12 Month fixed term contract opportunity.
Job Description
JOB TITLE: Finance Manager - Accounting Operations
SALARY: £61,641 - £68,490
LOCATION: Edinburgh
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days a week) in our Edinburgh (Princes Exchange) office.
About this opportunity:
Finance is key to that success by securing and building the financial strength and performance of the Bank. It will be very obvious in this role how you directly bring this purpose to life!
Accounting Operations (AO) sits within Group Finance Support and is a shared service centre with our colleagues supporting the delivery of payments and reconciliations activities. Amongst other things, we ensure supplier and colleague expenses are paid accurately, customer card payments are allocated to their account and all associated ledger reconciliations and journals are performed in line with LBG and accounting standards.
Within AO, you’ll be leading a team as a qualified accountant providing accounting advice and mentorship on the treatment of transactions, working within our robust process control framework. You’ll also respond to ad hoc requests from your business customers, support change initiatives and join us in delivering efficiencies by leading a culture of continuous improvement.
This role forms part of the management team in Accounting Operations and you'll play an active part in delivering our combined objectives. This will mean getting exposure to tasks outside of your core role.
The main responsibilities of this role will be:
- Supporting colleagues with the reconciliation of bank and general ledger accounts
- Authorising journals for processing in core Finance systems
- Managing deliverables for the team to ensure allocated and completed in a timely manner to a high quality
- Ensuring service levels are met and tasks are completed on time and to our high standards
- Lead on change initiatives to ensure AO continues to deliver excellent service to our customers
- Drive improvements to our processes
You'll gain a wide range of knowledge on key Finance processes while working in supportive and friendly team
About us:
If you think all banks are the same, you’d be wrong. We’re an innovative, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that’s empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.
What you'll need:
- Qualified accountant
- Experience with reconciliations
- A drive to challenge processes, helping to find the most efficient, accurate and controlled way of doing things.
- Ability to manage a team of 10 and collaborate with the wider team to share best practice
- An interest in working for a team that’s fun and friendly.
- The ability to be in the Edinburgh office at least 40% of your time.
About working for us:
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.
And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
- A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
- Share schemes including free shares
- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
- 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
- A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
